Councillors reject application for houses in Mount Lane

At the Planning Advisory Committee on Monday, Councillors discussed an application for two houses with five parking spaces on the land between 12 Mount Lane and 31 Marsh Street. There were strong concerns about the fact that the plans had all matters reserved except access and layout. This was of particular importance as Mount Lane is such a narrow lane and it may set a precedent to recommend approval of any plans where access had not been included.
Councillor Macdonald proposed: “Warminster Town Council recommends refusal on the grounds that the proposal for two properties generating the need for five parking spaces is overdevelopment of the site which will lead to major increase in highway usage by motor vehicles along a narrow lane that is not suitable and further loss of amenity to the neighbours”. The councillors were unanimous in supporting recommendation of refusal of the plans.